Yale Blue
| Yale Blue | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #00356B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 53, 107) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (210°, 100%, 42%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (22, 45, 254°) |
| Source | Identity Guidelines |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Yale Blue is the dark azure color used in association with Yale University.
History
Since the 1850s, Yale Crew has rowed in blue uniforms,[1] and in 1894, blue was officially adopted as Yale's color, after half a century of the university being associated with green.[2] In 2005, University Printer John Gambell was asked to standardize the color.[1] He had characterized its spirit as "a strong, relatively dark blue, neither purple nor green, though it can be somewhat gray. It should be a color you would call blue."[2] A vault in the university secretary's office holds two scraps of silk, apocryphally from a bolt of cloth for academic robes, preserved as the first official Yale Blue.[1]
The university administration defines Yale Blue as a custom color whose closest approximation in the Pantone system is Pantone 289.[2][3] Yale Blue inks may be ordered from the Superior Printing Ink Co., formulas 6254 and 6255.[1]
Other uses
The hue of Yale Blue is one of the two official colors of Indiana State University,[4] the University of Mississippi,[5] and Southern Methodist University.[6] The official color "DCU Blue" of Dublin City University is very close to Yale Blue.[7]
Yale Blue was an official color of the University of California, Berkeley, through at least 2007;[8] the university has since adopted Pantone 282 as its blue.[9]
It was Duke University's official color from the 1880s until 1961, when the school adopted Prussian blue. However, Pantone 289 remains an acceptable approximation.[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Kind of Blue". Yale Alumni Magazine. July–August 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Ellen (October 1, 2002). "True Blue". The New Journal. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ "Welcome". Office of the University Printer.
- ^ "About - Indiana State University".
- ^ "Ole Miss Traditions: Red & Blue". University of Mississippi. October 1, 2002. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ "SMU SPIRIT AND TRADITIONS". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ^ "Public Affairs and Media Relations Office - corporate identity - DCU identity - DCU".
- ^ "History, Symbols, and Traditions: What are Cal's official colors?". University of California, Berkeley. May 8, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
- ^ Colors | UC Berkeley Brand Identity. brand.berkeley.edu. Retrieved on April 6, 2014.
- ^ "The origin of Duke Blue". Duke University Libraries. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
